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Filth director calls for Scotland studio facilities to help boost filming
The director of crime movie Filth has said that having film studio facilities in Scotland could help stimulate the production industry. Jon Baird made the movie – based on a novel by Irvine Welsh – on location in Scotland and…
Filming on location in Taiwan with the Taipei Film Commission
The Taipei Film Commission spearheads Taiwan’s burgeoning production industry. Taiwan lies east of the Chinese mainland and while the country already offers filming incentives, it wants to expand its international experience. Producers filming in Taipei can access incentive support from…
Supply & Demand films Italian invasion of colonial North Carolina for Fiat
Supply & Demand headed to North Carolina in the eastern US to film a new Fiat campaign set during America’s colonial days. Italian Invasion features colonial villagers hastily preparing for a dose of impromptu European glamour as a fleet of…
Georgia plans regional location filming boost with Atlanta Film Office
A dedicated state film office has been confirmed for Georgia in the south-east US. Authorities have recognised the need for a single, centralised agency to help co-ordinate shoots like locally-filmed zombie drama The Walking Dead as the state’s production industry…
Malta Film Commission makes bid to boost local film crew pool
The Malta Film Commission is aiming to boost local film crew numbers by inviting learning institutions to submit training services bids under a tender process. Training will be carried out as part of the European Social Fund Project ‘Re-skilling of…
Tempomedia films epic desert fantasy on Gran Canaria for soft drink Fanta
Tempomedia filmed on location in the sand dunes of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands west of Morocco to capture an epic desert fantasy for soft drink brand Fanta. Fanta: Official Sponsor of FANTAsy shows a princess in a desert…
The Hero films testing television in Panama City with Dwayne Johnson
Reality TV series The Hero filmed on location in Panama City for its first-season run. Hosted by action movie star Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, the show puts a group of contestants through a series of physical and moral challenges as…
Filming in Luxembourg with location scout Christian Pannrucker
Christian got his first taste of the film industry as an apprentice on a German TV channel in 2000. Additional TV and film experiences led him to study unit and location management at Cologne’s Koelner Filmhaus. He’s been a location…
Dubai plans production hub with new studio space and informal filming incentives
Dubai set up a film and TV commission in mid-2012 and the city plans to establish itself as the Middle East's central production hub. The emirate lacks a formal filming incentive but has faith in an informal and fully customisable…
Lithuania launches 20% filming incentive
Lithuania has launched a new 20% location filming incentive in a bid to boost the country’s production industry. The programme will become available on 1 January 2014 and will run until the end of 2018. “This incentive is vitally important…